Death penalty politics and symbolic law in Russia |
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| Authors: | Olga B. Semukhina John F. Galliher |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Marquette University, Department of Social and Cultural Sciences, P.O. Box 1881, Milwaukee, WI 53201-1881, United States;2. University of Missouri, Department of Sociology, 335 Middlebush Hall, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211-6100, United States;1. Advanced Studies in Violence Group, University of Barcelona, 171 Passeig Vall d''Hebron, Barcelona 08035, Spain;2. Department of Mental Health Law and Policy, University of South Florida, 13301 Bruce B. Downs Blvd, Tampa, FL 33612, USA;1. School of Social and Community Services, Humber College, 3199 Lake Shore Blvd West, Toronto, Ontario M8V 1K8, Canada;2. School of Criminology, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, British Columbia V5A 1S6, Canada;1. High Point University, 833 Montlieu Avenue, Drawer 18, High Point, NC 27262, USA;2. Elon University, CB 2337, Elon, NC 27244, USA;3. Elon University, USA;4. Grant MacEwan University, 10700-104 Avenue NW, Edmonton AB T5J 4S2, Canada |
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| Abstract: | In contemporary Russia there is widespread support for the death penalty. Recent Russian presidents have endorsed the nation’s entry into the European Community (EC). The dilemma is that the price of membership into the EC is total abolition of capital punishment. The Russian Duma is much less popular than the president, even though it sides with public opinion in supporting capital punishment. Since 1997, these conflicting political positions have been temporarily neutralized by leaving capital punishment legislation in place but allowing the Russian president to offer clemency to all sentenced to death. In 1999, the Constitutional Court of Russia placed a moratorium on all death sentences until jury trials are re-introduced throughout the nation. |
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